Palin's 20%

[Guest guest]

The bottom line for me about this woman whom I have been asked to

judge by virtue of her asking me for my vote, is I cannot escape the

feeling and the knowledge that there are only 24 hours in a day.

Yes, she can offload the job of raising that baby, and the baby will

be fine because she can afford to hire experts, but I have

absolutely no reason to believe that she can do it herself nor that

she realizes what she's in for and because of this she does not have

the depth of understanding that comes only from experience to

adequately represent those of us who struggle with this 24/7 for

years and years. To suggest otherwise is to suggest that the rest of

us are lolligaging time wasters and not competent to the task of

running the United States and raising special needs kids in a country

that does demand that we come up with our own health insurance in the

face of mathematic reality that we do not have $1200 each month extra

to purchase a product that if we're lucky will allow $1500 each year

of neurodevelopmental therapy. That's three visits to my son's

developmental pediatrician. As if that were enough to cover the

required therapy. As if we have $1200 each month. Because my kids

needs have eluded public support (schools, doctors, etc.) I have had

to do it myself, homeschooling, which means I have not been able to

work, so what health insurance? What money for therapy and

diagnosis? Let alone clothes? This is absolutely the product of

underfunded schools, underfunded IDEA - at 45% - clearly public

policy issues that need to be addressed. And while the Republican

party is genuine in their quest to reform schools with private

competition - something that I believe is necessary, my concern is

that they do it to the degree that leaves poor people scrambling to

get their kids an education. Why don't they just fund up and do a

better job of scrutinizing what's going on in the schools (with our

money)? So, so far, this woman does not represent my reality.